وَاتْلُ عَلَیْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءَاتَیْنَـهُ ءَایَـتِنَا فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّیْطَـنُ فَکَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِینَ (175)

175- AND RECITE TO THEM THE NARRATIVE OF HIM TO WHOM WE BROUGHT OUR SIGNS, BUT HE WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THEM. THEN SATAN PURSUED HIM, AND HE WAS OF THOSE LED ASTRAY.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَـهُ بِهَا وَلَـکِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الاَْرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَیهُ فَمَثَلُهُ کَمَثَلِ الْکَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَیْهِ یَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُکْهُ یَلْهَثْ ذَّلِکَ مَثَلُ الْقَومِ الَّذِینَ کَذَّبُوا بِایَـتِنَا فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَفَکَّرُونَ (176)

176- AND IF WE WANTED, WE WOULD HAVE RAISED HIM UP THEREBY (i. e. BY THE SIGNS THAT WE HAD GIVEN HIM), BUT HE ADHERED TO THE EARTH AND FOLLOWED HIS CAPRICES. SO HIS EXAMPLE IS LIKE THAT OF A DOG - IF YOU ATTACK HIM, HE LOLLS HIS TONGUE OUT, OR IF YOU LEAVE HIM ALONE, HE AGAIN LOLLS HIS TONGUE OUT. THAT IS THE LIKENESS OF THOSE WHO BELIE OUR SIGNS. THEREFORE RELATE THE STORY PERHAPS THEY COME TO THINK.

سَآءَ مَثَلا الْقَومُ الَّذِینَ کَذَّبُوا بِایَـتِنَا وَأَنْفُسَهُمْ کَانُوا یَظْلِمُونَ (177)

177- WHAT A BAD EXAMPLE IS THAT OF THOSE WHO BELIED OUR SIGNS; AND THEMSELVES WERE THEY OPPRESSING.

مَن یَهْدِ اللهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِى وَمَن یُضْلِلْ فَأُولَـئِکَ هُمُ الْخَسِرُونَ (178)

178- WHOM ALLAH GUIDES, THEN HE IS (RIGHTLY) GUIDED, AND WHOM HE ALLOWS TO ASTRY, THEN THEY ARE THE LOSERS.